[nrv-hams] Update on Max Orr - Try #2

[Pete Burkey]

Carter,

This is just wonderful news about our good friend Max. Thank you so much
for keeping all of the club members of the NRVARC up to date. Also thank
you and Mary for an address for Max.

73, Pete     P.S. We need to keep Max and Mary as well as his Doctors and
                         Nurses in our thoughts and prayers.


On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Carter Craigie <carter128 at verizon.net>wrote:

> Hi everybody,
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> I apologize for using an old email address for my Update 1 on Max Orr. Here
> is what I wanted you all to see, minus having all your email addresses (one
> of which was incorrect!) showing up!
>
> I apologize for my error.
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>
> Here is the message I had intended for you all to see. If this is a second
> copy, I'm sorry.
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> 73,
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>
> Carter N3AO
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> Hello New River Valley ARC Members:
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>
>
> Our fellow club member Max Orr WB8FLE, of 5.1 miles south of Pearisburg
> fame, yesterday was operated on by a heart surgeon in Kettering, OH, and
> Max's wife Mary called to tell me the following information. She wanted me
> to send this information out to all the club members.
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> The operation went very well, Mary reported, and Max is now in Cardiac ICU.
> He received 2 units of new blood, and she said Max looked very good as he
> came out of the Operating Room. Mary says this hospital is really top
> notch,
> and she said the nurses in ICU sure seemed wonderful.
>
>
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> Max had had at least two heart operations in the past, and had had to have
> lots of wires in his chest to hold everything together. Well, these wires
> had to be removed yesterday, and that was supposed to be a difficult job.
> Then, the doc was to put in a little "tube" which was grown by a very
> helpful pig. Once that was in place the doc was to put in a 3-4" length of
> special tubing into his aorta. I know this sounds tricky at best, but the
> doc assured Max that this procedure was "very routine!" How about that?!
>
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> The best news out of all of this is that Max will no longer have to take
> any
> Coumadin (sp?) blood thinner, which requires lots of blood testing often,
> often, often. That will make Max's life a LOT happier. Also, the doc told
> Max that after his recovery he will be able to do almost anything he wants
> to--including shoveling gravel in his driveway! Sounds great, yes??? I
> think
> so, too. I know he will want to do lots more DXing, working QRP, working
> the
> IOTA DXpeditions and such!
>
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> Max does not have a room number yet, but you can send cards to the
> following
> address:
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> Dwight (Max) Orr
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> c/o Kettering Medical Center
>
> 3535 Southern Boulevard
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> Kettering, OH 45429
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> I am sure your cards will get to him OK. So please send him something to
> encourage him to get back into the swing of things.
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>
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> 73,
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>
>
> Carter N3AO
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